PAONIAS MTOPS 



GENUS, pao'nias (" ol)liged '"). 



SPECIES, MYOPS (" purblind " — alluding to the eye-spots probably). 



Myops is another joy to the beginner, because it is 

 common and beantiful. We had one of our earliest 

 experiences with it one beautiful afternoon as we 

 walked up the Lane after a rainy day. It was about 

 five o'clock, and as we passed a wild-cherry tree One 

 of Us spied a moving caterpillar just starting to crawl 

 up a bough whose tip touched the ground. She picked 

 it up, gave it a spray of cherry, and then we looked at 

 it. It was myops beyond a doubt, but with spots of a 

 bright carmine instead of the "red-brown" of the 

 books. "While One of Us put away number one, the 

 Other of Us found three or four more crawling along 

 the same bough, which evidently served as a bridge 

 from the ground to the tree. Another was found on 

 the trunk, and then we examined the grass near the 

 tree, with no result but very wet garments and hands. 

 We went on up the Lane, and when we came back the 

 Other of Us said, in clear sarcasm : " Now find us a 

 few more myops traveling up that same branch." 

 " Very well," said One of Us, who was very far-sighted. 

 " Here 's the first one ! " and she picked off three more 

 just where some of the earlier ones had been found. 



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